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Open AccessClinico-biological significance of suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 expression in acute myeloid leukemia
Suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 (SOCS1) protein, which encodes a member of signal transducers and activators of transcription-induced inhibitors, takes part in a negative regulation of cytokine signaling. T...
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Genetic alterations and their clinical implications in older patients with acute myeloid leukemia
A number of patient-specific and leukemia-associated factors are related to the poor outcome in older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However, comprehensive studies regarding the impact of genetic ...
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Open AccessTP53 mutations in de novo acute myeloid leukemia patients: longitudinal follow-ups show the mutation is stable during disease evolution
The TP53 mutation is frequently detected in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients with complex karyotype (CK), but the stability of this mutation during the clinical course remains unclear. In this study, TP53 mu...
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Open AccessDynamics of ASXL1 mutation and other associated genetic alterations during disease progression in patients with primary myelodysplastic syndrome
Recently, mutations of the additional sex comb-like 1 (ASXL1) gene were identified in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), but the interaction of this mutation with other genetic alterations and its dyna...
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Integration of cytogenetic and molecular alterations in risk stratification of 318 patients with de novo non-M3 acute myeloid leukemia
Conventionally, acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients are categorized into good-, intermediate- and poor-risk groups according to cytogenetic changes. However, patients with intermediate-risk cytogenetics repr...
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Open AccessDistinct association between aberrant methylation of Wnt inhibitors and genetic alterations in acute myeloid leukaemia
Aberrant activation of Wnt signalling through hypermethylation of Wnt inhibitor genes is involved in several human malignancies, including acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). It remains unclear whether hypermethyla...
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Open AccessHigh bone marrow angiopoietin-1 expression is an independent poor prognostic factor for survival in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes
Angiogenic factors have an essential role in normal and pathologic angiogenesis. However, the clinical implication of angiogenic factor expression in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) remains unclear.
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The prognostic impact and stability of Isocitrate dehydrogenase 2 mutation in adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia
Although the clinical features of the Isocitrate dehydrogenase 2 (IDH2) mutation in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) have been characterized, its prognostic significance remains controversial and its stability has no...
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Acute myeloid leukemia bearing t(7;11)(p15;p15) is a distinct cytogenetic entity with poor outcome and a distinct mutation profile: comparative analysis of 493 adult patients
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with t(7;11)(p15;p15), which results in a NUP98–HOXA9 fusion, is a distinct entity, but this subtype has not been characterized in detail. In a comprehensive study comparing 11 such p...
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Efficacy and safety of dasatinib in imatinib-resistant or -intolerant patients with chronic myeloid leukemia in blast phase
Dasatinib is an inhibitor of BCR-ABL and SRC-family kinases for patients with imatinib-resistant or -intolerant chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). In this international phase II trial, dasatinib was administe...
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Characterization of acute myeloid leukemia with PTPN11 mutation: the mutation is closely associated with NPM1 mutation but inversely related to FLT3/ITD
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Comparison of hypoplastic myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) with normo-/hypercellular MDS by International Prognostic Scoring System, cytogenetic and genetic studies
The differences in clinical features and prognosis between hypoplastic myelodysplastic syndrome (h-MDS) and normo-/hypercellular MDS (NH-MDS) remain unsettled. In this study, the characteristics of 37 h-MDS pa...
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Erratum: A novel fluorescence-based multiplex PCR assay for rapid simultaneous detection of CEBPA mutations and NPM mutations in patients with acute myeloid leukemias
Correction to: Leukemia (2007) 20, 1899–1903. doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2404331 Since the publication of the above paper, the authors have noticed an error in the sequence of primers used for TAD1, TAD2 and bZIP ampl...
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Clinical implications of minimal residual disease monitoring by quantitative polymerase chain reaction in acute myeloid leukemia patients bearing nucleophosmin (NPM1) mutations
To explore the validity and prognostic significance of minimal residual disease detection by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) in patients of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) bearing Nucleophosmin (NPM1) ...
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A novel fluorescence-based multiplex PCR assay for rapid simultaneous detection of CEBPA mutations and NPM mutations in patients with acute myeloid leukemias
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Acquisition of JAK2, PTPN11, and RAS mutations during disease progression in primary myelodysplastic syndrome
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Hepatosplenic fungal infection in patients with acute leukemia in Taiwan: incidence, treatment, and prognosis
Nosocomial fungal infection increases gradually and has become the leading pathogen at National Taiwan University Hospital since 1993. From January 1995 through May 2002, hepatosplenic fungal infection (HSF) w...
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Splenic actinomycotic abscess in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia
Actinomycosis is a gram-positive anaerobic bacterium. Actinomyces organisms are important constituents of the normal flora of mucous membranes and are considered opportunistic pathogens. The three major clini...
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Clinical and biological implications of partial tandem duplication of the MLL gene in acute myeloid leukemia without chromosomal abnormalities at 11q23
The clinical and biological features of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with 11q23/MLL translocations are well known, but the characteristics of AML with partial tandem duplication of the MLL gene have not been e...
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Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Taiwan
From January 1986 to December 1998, 26 (23%) of 114 acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients older than 15 years were found to have Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome. They accounted for 28% (26 of 94) of the pa...